BellBoard

Suffolk Guild
Debenham, Suffolk
St Mary Magdalene
Saturday, 18 March 2017 in 3h 17 (21–0–20 in E♭)
5250 Plain Bob Major
Composed by S D Pettman
1 Stephen D Pettman (C)
2 Peter W Harper
3 Robert J Scase
4 Mary E Dunbavin
5 Michael J Cowling
6 P Mark Ogden
7 David I Stanford
8 Thomas G Scase
Rung to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the 10,080 Plain Bob Major rung here on 16/3/1767.
The 1967 anniversary peal.
The 1967 anniversary peal. (Image: Stephen D Pettman)
The 1767 peal. A local legend is that James Wilson was aquitted on a murder charge on the basis that he did not have time to get from the Bury St Edmunds murder scene tom Debenham by the start time. He is supposed to have admitted the murder on his death bed, saying that he had a fast horse.
The 1767 peal. A local legend is that James Wilson was aquitted on a murder charge on the basis that he did not have time to get from the Bury St Edmunds murder scene tom Debenham by the start time. He is supposed to have admitted the murder on his death bed, saying that he had a fast horse. (Image: Stephen D Pettman)

First submitted Saturday, 18 March 2017 at 16:08:44 by Stephen D Pettman.

Sent for publication in The Ringing World on Thursday, 30 March 2017 at 07:33:18, and printed in issue 5529, page 345.

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